Week of March 20, 2017 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, March 20
Trump Will Have to Pick a Side in the Sunni-Shiite War
Gwynne Dyer
,
Japan Times
Battle to Define 'America First' Foreign Policy Splits White House
Greg Jaffe
, WP
All Quiet on the German American Front
Jacob Heilbrunn
,
The National Interest
The Return of the Czar
Allen Abel
,
Maclean's
Free Speech in Europe Isn't What Americans Think
Noah Feldman
,
Bloomberg View
Once in the Shadows, Europe’s Neo-Fascists Are Re-emerging
Rick Lyman
,
NYT
Britain's Brexit Plan B
Tom McTague
,
Politico EU
Why Raqqa Won't Be the End of the Road for ISIS
Hassan Hassan
,
The National
Sinn Fein Can No Longer Claim Ownership of Irish Unity
Paul Gillespie
,
Irish Times
Brexit Press Got Everything Wrong About Dutch Elections
Joris Luyendijk
,
Guardian
Is Trouble Brewing Again in Lebanon?
Robert Fisk
,
The Independent
NAFTA Has Made Mexico a Better Place
Mary Anastasia O'Grady
,
Wall Street Journal
Pakistan's War on Atheism
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
,
The Diplomat
Trump Signals ‘Tough Love’ Approach to United Nations
Josh Siegel
,
Daily Signal
Poland Will Take Revenge on Europe
Slawomir Sierakowski
,
Project Syndicate
In Oman, the Joy of Benevolent Dictatorship
Stephen Kinzer
,
Boston Globe
Is Bernier Too Principled to Lead Canada's Conservatives?
Konrad Yakabuski
,
G&M
Tuesday, March 21
Answering the Kremlin's Challenge
Vladimir Kara-Murza
,
World Affairs Journal
5 Takeaways From the French Presidential Debate
Nicholas Vinocur
,
Politico EU
The Yogi and the Magic of Numbers
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
,
The Hindu
A Nationalist Firebrand Now Heads India's Biggest State
The American Interest
Modi Is a New Kind of Leader, and Indians Like It
Tavleen Singh
,
Indian Express
How Technology is Unravelling the Global Order
Amy Studdart
,
Out of Order
The Debt Ceiling Will Come Back to Bite Trump
Marianne Schneider-Petsinger
, RC
World
Classical Architecture Makes People Happy
Ed West
,
Spectator
Russia Probe Knocks White House on Its Heels
S.
Goldmacher
& M.
Nussbaum
,
Politico
The House Intelligence Vaudeville Follies
Roger Kimball
,
PJ Media
The American Presidency Shrinks Before the World's Eyes
Michael Gerson
,
WaPo
Martin McGuinness, the IRA Fighter Turned First Minister, Dies
Economist
The U.S. and China Make Nice
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
China and the U.S.: An Odd Couple Doomed to Cooperate
Martin Wolf
,
Fin. Times
There Is a Deep State -- But Its Caricature Is Wrong
Mike Lofgren
,
LobeLog
Scotland's Prosperity Depends on the Union
Harriet Maltby
,
CapX
Wednesday, March 22
The Sudden Collapse of North Korea Would Be Hell on Earth
H. Kazianis
,
The Week
What Now for Europe's East?
Joel Weickgenant
,
RealClearWorld
Is America's Military Big Enough?
K.K. Rebecca Lai
et al.,
New York Times
Why China Must Confront North Korea
Mitchell Blatt
,
National Interest
What Just Happened in Beijing?
Robert Daly
,
Foreign Policy
Steve Bannon Loves France
Emma-Kate Symons
,
Politico EU
A Disenchanted Italy Is a Dangerous Thing
Tony Barber
,
Financial Times
Europe's Populist Challenge Is Far From Over
Michael Curtis
,
The Commentator
Corrupt Leaders Thrust South Sudan Into Famine
John Prendergast
,
Daily Beast
How Jordan Really Feels About Israel
Caroline Glick
,
Jerusalem Post
Prepare, Pursue, Prevail!
Andrew Bacevich
,
TomDispatch
Why We Should All Mourn the Loss of Martin McGuinness
Andre Walker
,
Observer
McGuinness as Peacemaker? I Despair
Stephen Glover
,
Daily Mail
The Strange Friendship of Martin McGuiness and Ian Paisley
David Graham
,
Atlantic
Europe's Reverse Domino Effect
Pierpaolo Barbieri
,
Foreign Affairs
The Europe of Trump's Imagining
Amy Davidson
,
New Yorker
The Suicide of Expertise
Glenn Reynolds
,
USA Today
Thursday, March 23
Islamist Terror and the Hobbesian Question of Order
John Gray
,
New Statesman
Reports of Cuts to Russia's Military Budget Are Exaggerated
Michael Kofman
,
WPR
Why Russia Craves Montenegro
Vesko Garcevic
,
The Conversation
The Netherlands: No Country For Old Moderates
Dina Pardijs
,
ECFR
This Was the Lone Wolf Attack Britain Has Long Feared
Con Coughlin
,
Telegraph
London Shaken by Terror Attack at Parliament
Tom McTague
&
Charlie Cooper
,
Pol. EU
Westminster Attack Is a Tragedy, But No Threat to Democracy
S. Jenkins
,
Guardian
Let the Spooks Tap Our Phones to Fight Terror
Max Hastings
,
Daily Mail
A Franco-German Bargain to Save Europe
Philip Stephens
,
Financial Times
The Hardest Brexiter of All Is EU's Unbearable Commissioner
H. Rifkind
,
Spectator
Without NAFTA, 'Modern Mexico' May Die
Luis Rubio
,
Worldcrunch
The Emerging Post-Caliphate Syrian Battlespace
Eric Czuleger
,
Geopolitical Futures
Saudi Power Struggles and a Reset With Trump
Simon Henderson
,
Foreign Policy
Donald Trump's Pivot to North Korea
Clifford May
,
Washington Times
Will Russia Build a Massive Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier?
Dave Majumdar
,
TNI
Friday, March 24
The Rise of Personalist Rule
Torrey Taussig
,
Brookings Institution
Has Moscow Found Its New Gadhafi in Libya?
Dmitriy Frolovskiy
,
RealClearWorld
Europe at 60: Can It Be Saved?
Economist
How Le Pen Might Win a Runoff Against Macron
Kevin Lees
,
Suffragio
25 Years Later, Is It Still the Hayek Century?
David Boaz
,
Cato Institute
The Russia-Israel Relationship Is Perfect Realpolitik
Nikolay Pakhomov
,
Nat'l Interest
London Will Never Be Cowed
Sadiq Khan
,
London Evening Standard
Terror, Not Donald Trump Jr., Is the Problem
Noah Rothman
,
Commentary
A Global Competition For Influence In Ethiopia
Enrico Caporale
,
Worldcrunch
How to Defeat ISIS
Lee Smith
,
Weekly Standard
Germany's Dilemma in Dealing with Islamist Threats
Der Spiegel
Saving Vietnam's Floating Markets
Nguyen Minh Quang
&
Dao Ngoc Canh
,
The Diplomat
Only Trump Can Go to Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
,
Wall Street Journal
Suspicious Deaths: 10 Slain Putin Critics
David Filipov
,
Washington Post
Why a Russian Defector Was Gunned Down in Ukraine
Mikhail Fishman
,
Kyiv Post
What Do India and Turkey Have in Common?
Isaac Chotiner
,
Slate
Saturday, March 25
U.S.-China: Let Trump Be Trump
Gordon Chang
,
National Interest
Is the Trump-Russia Story an Octopus or Spaghetti?
Jesse Walker
,
Los Angeles Times
5 Reasons Trump's Russia Reset May Be Over
Ian Bremmer
,
Time
Stability Remains Elusive For Ukraine
Neil Buckley
,
Financial Times
Islam and the Jihad in London
Andrew McCarthy
,
National Review
London Terror Reveals Globalist Vision's Poverty
L. Todd Wood
,
Washington Times
The EU Should Rebrand as Protector of Its Nations
Natalie Nougayrede
,
Guardian
A European Spring in the Making?
Matteo Garavoglia
,
Brookings Institution
Sorry Liberals, Gutting Canada's Military Isn't 'Innovative'
John Robson
,
National Post
Nationalism, Scourge of the Balkans
Jamie Shea
,
Balkan Insight
The Dark Side of Gender Segregation in the Military
Molly Kovite
,
War on the Rocks
Are We Dancing? US Ambition for German Defence Spending
John Louth
,
RUSI
Sunday, March 26
How Lenin and Wilson Changed the World
Anton Fedyashin
,
National Interest
A Last Chance for Turkish Democracy
Dexter Filkins
,
The New Yorker
Martin Schulz and Emmanuel Macron Could Save Europe
Wolfgang Muenchau,
FT
London in the Age of Terror and Brexit
Christoph Scheuermann
, Der
Spiegel
Terror Won't Defeat Parliament, But It Will Change It
Andrew Rawnsley
,
The Guardian
The Sino-Korean Trade War Must End
Lee Jong-Wha
,
Project Syndicate
Kim Jong Un Is a Lot of Things -- Irrational Isn't One of Them
Anna Fifield
,
WaPo
The Real Putin-Trump Problem
Doug Saunders
,
Globe and Mail
Saudis Jump on the Trump Bandwagon
Bruce Riedel
,
Al-Monitor
Goodbye, Islamic State. Hello, Anarchy
Campbell MacDiarmid
&
David Kenner
,
FP
Putin’s Mentor Moves to Crush Opposition in Belarus
Anna Nemtsova
,
Daily Beast
Booze, Women, and a Serious Point About the Eurozone
Leonid Bershidsky
,
BV
Hosni Mubarak Is a Free Man
Shadi Hamid
,
The Atlantic
The Heart of Irish Republicanism Has Died
Terry Glavin
,
Ottawa Citizen
Will Central Asia Water Wars Derail China's Silk Road?
Nishtha Chugh
,
The Diplomat